Houndsditch

Houndsditch was a street outside the city walls running slightly northwest from Aldgate Street (without Aldgate) to Bishopsgate Street. It was within
the wards of Portsoken and Bishopsgate. The street was formed as people began
to build houses on the bank of the city ditch. As
the ditch became filled with rubbish and detritus, it was levelled off and
turned into gardens (Stow) before
finally being paved in 1503 (Harben). Stow mentions that the street’s
name came from citizens throwing dead Dogges into the city ditch
(Stow).

On the Agas map, Houndsditch is the street running north above the
city wall from Aldgate to Bishopsgate. It bears the
label Honnsdiche
.

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